This week marks the start of the fantastic 'Rediscovering The Tudor Domesday' project, which is being led at Exeter by Prof James Clark with Co-Lead Dr Charlotte Tupman #Digital #Humanities #DigitalHumanities #Tudor #TudorDoomsday #AHRC #ExeterUni #Digitising #DHLab #DigitalHumanitesLab #Internship

Last night the 98th Oscars Ceremony saw some great films recognised. We have numerous programmes of past Academy Awards in our collection, including this one from 1964 that saw Sidney Poitier win for best actor [EXEBD 19152] #academyawards #oscars #oscars2026 #film #hollywood #filmsky

It is starting to feel very spring like here in Exeter 💐 Napoleon decided to pay the DH Lab a visit this morning - he seemed to be enjoying the flowers! 🌼🐱 📷 Emily (DH Intern) #DH #DHLab #DHInterns #Digital #Humanities #HASS #DigitalHumanities #Cats #Cat #CatsofBluesky #Spring #March #Research

Thrilled to be involved in this fantastic project! #WomensScreenWork #Digital #Humanities #DigitalHumanities #DHLab #IWD #InternationalWomensDay #Film #TV #WomenFilmmakers #Archives #FilmArchives

This colourful plan of Exeter, dating back to 1810, was engraved by John Roper. It includes a lovely illustration of Exeter Cathedral. Which landmarks can you identify that still exist today? And what has changed? 📷 Townsend Maps T17 #MapMonday #MappingOurExeter #Maps #Exeter

Digital preservation is cultural memory work. Websites disappear. Platforms shutdown. Links rot. Online creativity can vanish! For digital humanities, archiving the web means safeguarding historical records of the cultural moment, but preserving something so dynamic & vast is technically complex!

Today is National Umbrella Day - very apt for this continuously wet weather! ☔ Our book collections include 'Umbrellas and their History' (1871) by William Sangster, which seems like an ideal read for today! 📷 Reserve 391.44 SAN #NationalUmbrellaDay #RareBooks

Today is International Map Day! One of our favourite maps in the collections is this map of Exeter, engraved by Frans Hogenberg in c 1618. Can you identify any landmarks that still exist today? 📷 Constable Maps 27; digitised by @dhlabexeter.bsky.social #InternationalMapDay #MappingOurExeter

We were very excited to welcome students from the EAS3502 Shakespeare and Crisis module to experience Hamlet in VR! After donning the MetaQuest Headset, students got to step into Shakespeare and meet the ghost of Hamlet's father! #VR #VirtualReality #Digital #Humanities #DigitalHumanities #Hamlet

This strip map by John Ogilby shows 'The Road From Exeter to Barnstable & Thence to Ilfracomb', and dates back to c 1675. Can you spot Exeter on the map? 🔍 📷 Townsend Maps T4; digitised by @dhlabexeter.bsky.social #MapMonday #MondayMaps #Maps #MappingOurExeter #Exeter #Devon

We have been working on lots of exciting projects in the DH Lab so far this term! Recently, our DH Interns and GBP Assistant Technician have been working with images from the @exeter.ac.uk archive to learn how to digitise glass negatives #Digital #Humanities #DigitalHumanities #Digitisation #DHLab

Today is World Logic Day! Chess is often described as a game of logic. Did you know the writer William Golding and the literary critic Anthony Curtis played postal chess? Our collections include cards and letters through which they exchanged moves! #WorldLogicDay #Archives

Agatha Christie died on 12 January 1976 - 50 years ago today. Did you know our Agatha Christie business papers comprise thousands of letters, incl. from the novelist herself? 📷 EUL UA/P/5i: Christie receiving an honorary degree from @exeter.ac.uk in 1961 #AgathaChristie #OnThisDay #OTD #Archives

#HappyNewYear! We are excited to welcome back to all the students for this new term! Whether you are a student or a member of staff, feel free to get in touch to see how we can support your HASS teaching and/or research - we’re always happy to support creative challenges! #DHLab #DH #Digital #HASS

After a very wintry week in Exeter, here's a snowy throwback to Streatham Campus in January 1958! ❄️ This photograph was published in the student newspaper 'The South Westerner' on 29 January 1958. 📷 Exeter University/SOU #ThrowbackThursday #UniOfExeterArchive #Archives

Today is National Bird Day! 🪶 One of our favourite items in the collections is a 19th century volume containing 76 watercolour illustrations by an unknown artist of birds local to Devon and Cornwall. 📷 EUL MS 23; digitised by @dhlabexeter.bsky.social #NationalBirdDay #BirdDay #Archives

Ellie, our Archivist, recently gave us a preview of this ‘famous scrapbook’ of Mr Hart – Head Virger here at Exeter Cathedral in the 1930s-50s. It features lots of cartoons given to Mr Hart by his friend, the journalist and cartoonist, Harold Murray! ✍️ #ExeterCathedral #YourCathedral

Today is Christmas Card Day! 💌🎄 Robins have been a popular motif on Christmas cards since the Victorian period. These festive cards are from a scrapbook in the library of the poet laureate John Betjeman. 📷 Betjeman Library 1957; digitised by @dhlabexeter.bsky.social #ChristmasCardDay #Archives

A helpful virtual model of the figurine has been created by @dhlabexeter.bsky.social. 2/2 swheritage.org.uk/news/creatin...

The Cornish poets and writers Charles Causley and Jack Clemo were close friends - and they also loved their pets! Two of the most documented pets in our archives are Causley's cat, Rupert, and Clemo's Pomeranian, Spark! #EYAPets #Archives #ExploreYourArchive

Recently, our DH interns have learned the importance of digitising legacy media like VHS. Over time and with improper storage, VHS tapes steadily deteriorate with the magnetic tape losing quality. This leads to warping or mould, which renders it unplayable! #Digital #Humanities #Internships #DH

A new Culture Strategy is being developed to help Exeter’s cultural and creative landscape to thrive – and your views are needed to help shape it. Make your voice count and fill out the survey below! engage.exeter.gov.uk/exeter-cultu... #Digital #Humanities #DigitalHumanities #DHLab #DH #Culture

Last week, our DH Interns were introduced to photogrammetry & 3D Imaging Photogrammetry is the process of extracting accurate measurements and 3D information from overlapping photographs. This allows us to create digital models to analyse and preserve fragile original objects #Digital #Humanities

Good morning from the Digital Humanities Lab 🌇 #Digital #Humanities #DigitalHumanities #DH #DHLab #Exeter #HASS #UniversityofExeter @exeter.ac.uk #sunrise #winter

DH Lab's collaboration on the Sycamore Gap Tree slice digitisation project has featured in the 'We Are The Possible' anthology for the COP30 in Brazil! Check it out: greenfutures.exeter.ac.uk/our-impact/w... (Page 39) #Digital #Humanities #DigitalHumanities #HASS #COP30 #Brazil #WeAreThePossible

In 19th C Exeter, Guy Fawkes Day was a major occasion. The festivities centred on a huge bonfire in front of the Cathedral 🔥 During this fiery festival it was traditional to allow the youth special freedom to celebrate. Fireworks, burning tar barrels & injuries were a feature of this riotous night.

Have you heard the spooky tale of the Hairy Hand? 👻✋ Research papers relating to the Dartmoor legend of the Hairy Hand (as well as black dogs, ghosts, vampires, monsters, witches & more!) can be found in the archive of folklorist Theo Brown. 📷 EUL MS 105 #FolkloreThursday #HairyHand #Halloween

Today is the RSPB's Feed the Birds Day! 🪶 Some of the most common birds we feed in UK gardens are house sparrows, wood pigeons, starlings, and magpies. These early 19th century watercolours of birds are from our archives. Which is your favourite? 📷 EUL MS 23; digitised by @dhlabexeter.bsky.social

As Halloween approaches, things have been getting spooky in the DH Lab! Last week, the interns were introduced to our 3D printers and CAD software 🎃 We have had a range of seasonally appropriate prints - from ghost dogs to an articulated glowing skeleton! 🩻 #Digital #Humanities #3D #3DPrint #CAD

Check out this fascinating research from the Florence4D project that is coordinated by Prof. Fabrizio Nevola, co-director of the Exeter DH Lab, and Cambridge Co-Investigator, Dr Donal Cooper! news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h... #DH #Digital #Humanities #DigitalHumanities #DHLab #Exeter #3D #Research

📢TODAY📢 Tune in to hear @bhamhistory.bsky.social and @emilymayvine.bsky.social discuss our unique methodology 👇 Weds 22 Oct, 5pm Zoom #EarlyModern 🗃️ #DigitalHumanities @cemsexeter.bsky.social @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social @uoearchhist.bsky.social @dhlabexeter.bsky.social

Last week, the DH Interns were introduced to Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI). RTI is a method of creating an interactive digital image of an object with a moveable light source #RTI #ReflectanceTransformationImaging #HASS #Humanities #Digital #DigitalHumanities #AI #DH #DigitalResearch

The DH Lab is very excited to be collaborating on this fascinating project alongside partners at @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy, @nationaltrust.org.uk, @uniofreading.bsky.social and @uniofnottingham.bsky.social #Digital #Humanities #Exeter #DHLab #ExeterDH #Tudor #History #DigitalResearch #DH

The DH Lab is excited to be collaborating with partners at National Archives, National Trust, Reading & Nottingham in a new £1.5m AHRC project to make available Henry VIII's Valor Ecclesiasticus. 'Rediscovering The Tudor Domesday' is led at Exeter by Prof James Clark with Co-Lead Dr Charlotte Tupman

This term we have been thrilled to welcome a fabulous new set of DH interns! Internships with the lab are a unique, exciting opportunity for HASS students to learn all the digital research methods and practical skills that the lab has to offer! #DigitalResearch #CaptureOne #PhaseOne #Photography

Yesterday marked 47 years since St Luke's (teacher training) College merged with the University of Exeter. This University Archive throwback shows St Luke's (then the Diocesan Training School) in 1855. 📷 EUL UA/add.29; digitised by @dhlabexeter.bsky.social #ThrowbackThursday #UniOfExeterArchive

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Happy World Dream Day! 💭 What did you last dream about? These dream interpretations can be found in the book 'Nummits and Crummits: Devonshire Customs, Characteristics, and Folk-lore' by Sarah Hewett (1900). 📷 Baring-Gould Library 0454 #WorldDreamDay #Devon #Folklore #RareBooks

Check out this Smithsonian Magazine article on the Sycamore Gap Tree. It discusses solving the mystery of the iconic tree's age and the DH Lab's role in this fascinating new research www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/b... #SycamoreGap #DHLab #Digital #Humanities #DigitalHumanities #RTI #Historic

To accompany our 'Period Pieces' exhibition, Special Collections Assistant Lisa has written a brand-new blog post, highlighting the challenges of researching menstruation in archives and rare books. Find it here! ➡️ specialcollections.exeter.ac.uk/2025/09/22/n... #Archives #Exhibition #Menstruation

Autumn officially begins today with the Autumn Equinox! 🍂 Following a very warm summer, spectacular autumn colours are expected this year - we can't wait! This poem was written and illustrated by the writer, poet and librettist, Ronald Duncan. 📷 EUL MS 397/2/2/2 #AutumnEquinox #Autumn #Archives

We are excited to share some more information about how the DH Lab have been working with Historic England to explore experimental imaging techniques to assist with research into the iconic Sycamore Gap tree #SycamoreGap #SycamoreGapTree #RTI #HistoricEngland #DHTeam #DH #DHLab #Exeter #ExeterUni

The DH Lab has been mentioned in this Autumn's edition of the Chamber of Commerce's Profile Magazine! 'Out Digital Humanities Lab enables creative and heritage organisations to work with 3D scanning, virtual reconstructions and digital storytelling' #DHLab #Digital #Humanities #DigitalHumanities

It is officially Welcome Week here at @exeter.ac.uk! We are excited to have all our new & returning HASS students back on campus! Whether you are familiar with our work or you have never accessed the lab before, please get in touch to see how we might help you with assignments, research & teaching!

We love this tiny illustration of a Bridgettine nun engrossed in a book! She can be found in the border of Sister Mary Dominic's vow in the Syon Abbey archive. 📷 EUL MS 389/COM/2/2/3/4 (date: 1924-27) #TinyTuesday #SyonAbbey #Nuntastic #Archives

It is great to see coverage of the DH Team’s future role in helping Historic England explore the use of advanced imaging techniques to accurately date the felled Sycamore Gap tree. We feel privileged to be collaborating on this important project and look forward to sharing more soon #SycamoreGap 🌳

We are delighted to announce a new temporary exhibition to mark the 70th anniversary of the University of Exeter! This exhibition features the Royal Charter, awarded in 1955. The exhibition is open for everyone to visit on Level 0 of the Forum Library on @exeter.ac.uk's Streatham Campus.

Thank you so much for all your hard work in the DH team, Lizzy! You will be missed here in the lab, but we wish you all the best in your next exciting chapter! #DigitalHumanities #DHTeam #DHLab #Exeter #UoE #ExeterUni #ExeterUniversity #DigitalHumanities #Research

It is #GingerCatAppreciationDay ! To celebrate, please enjoy this picture of our gorgeous ginger campus cat, Napoleon! We often have the pleasure of spotting him outside the DH Lab! #Napoleon #Exeter #DHLab #DH #ExeterUni #ExeterUniversity #Digital #humanities #Devon #Cats #Cat #CatsofBluesky

On a day like today, we also have to give out an honourable mention to our gorgeous ginger campus cat, Napoleon! Here he is lounging outside the Old Library, home to the Library's Special Collections. We wonder what he's hoping to see in the archives! #GingerCatAppreciationDay #UniOfExeter #Exeter